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\u201cGarneau says still no black boxes from Iran in January shootdown of airliner,\u201d<\/a> Mike Blanchfield, National Post, May 29, 2020.<\/p>\n

Thursday saw 50 pass away from the virus.\u00a0 \u201cIran Reports Most New Cases in Nearly Two Months,\u201d<\/a> Bourse & Bazaar, May 29, 2020.<\/p>\n

These three stories are all related.\u00a0 Iran celebrates, then realizes that the party is getting smaller and smaller, and a veteran reporter misses the real story thinking that the party is still on.\u00a0 \u201cFuel Shipments To Venezuela Hailed In Iran As ‘Humiliation For America’,\u201d<\/a> Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Farda, May 28, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWielding Sanctions, U.S. Disrupts Iranian Fuel Shipments to Venezuela,\u201d<\/a> Benoit Faucon and Ian Talley, Wall Street Journal, May 28, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0It is seemingly surprising that Jason Rezaian, himself a former hostage, would make this argument that sanctions are not working\u2014just look at how few countries with which Iran can now trade?\u00a0 They are on one, maybe two hands, and include Russia, China, and Cuba.\u00a0 The sanctions are dwindling Iran\u2019s options drastically.\u00a0 See \u201cTrump’s sanctions are failing. Venezuela and Iran just proved it,\u201d<\/a> Jason Rezaian, op-ed, Washington Post, May 29, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cMystery Submarine May Reveal A Major New Capability For Iran,\u201d<\/a> H.I. Sutton, Forbes, May 29, 2020.<\/p>\n

So Twitter is another actor that does not discourage Iran from malicious speech and behavior.\u00a0 \u201cTwitter censors Trump for glorifying violence, lets Iran threaten Israel,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegime change in Iran shouldn\u2019t be a taboo,\u201d<\/a> Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, FDD, Washington Post, May 29, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cGarneau says still no black boxes from Iran in January shootdown of airliner,\u201d Mike Blanchfield, National Post, May 29, 2020. Thursday saw 50 pass away from the virus.\u00a0 \u201cIran Reports Most New Cases in Nearly Two Months,\u201d Bourse & Bazaar, May 29, 2020. These three stories are all related.\u00a0 Iran celebrates, then realizes that the … <\/p>\n

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